B.C. school district under fire for limiting avalanche training to ski resorts

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The Kootenay Lake school board made the change in November, barring students and teachers from exploring and learning in the backcountry.

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The need to continue to offer the courses in the areas where avalanches occur is paramount, the authors of the poll contended.

 

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GillPowell4 Is there something that prevents them attending out of school training? The teachers may not want to expose themselves to that risk, & that’s also their right (I would absolutely send my children to any trng that would help them & in school would be great, but to a pro, better)

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